Anyone else think romantic relationships are shallow and pointless?

There's no such thing as unconditional love -- even if you love someone deeply, most people won't tolerate abuse or mistreatment. I'd leave if my husband mistreated me (I would NOT leave if he got sick or old or just generally pissed me off). But just because it's not unconditional doesn't mean it's shallow or meaningless.

I didn't find my husband attractive when I met him. He's not conventionally attractive. I fell in love with him anyway. He's the most wonderful person I've ever known and I care for him deeply. You don't get to say I don't. Just because you haven't experienced it doesn't mean it isn't real for others. Just because you are bitter about this fact (I've read your comment history, believe me, it's true) doesn't mean you get to decide other people's relationships are meaningless. Your opinion is what's meaningless here.

Also, for someone who babbles so much about your intellect, your spelling and grammar are atrocious. If you can't manager to grasp THAT, how can you grasp the enormity of feeling of which human beings are capable?

You would never have entered it if she looked different, or had a disability or weighed 100 lbs more when you met her

I weighed 60 pounds more when my husband met me. He pursued me and married me because he thinks I'm an amazing person. One of my best friends met a man with an condition that left him confined to a wheelchair for life -- she married him and started a family with him knowing he would never be able to live independently. She cares for him to this day, even as his condition deteriorates. At times, he's unable to so much as speak to her, so they communicate electronically. She is devoted to him (and I can see why, he's a wonderful person). You have no idea what you're talking about.

Don't bother responding with a litany of bullshit attempts to negate the things I've said here, because your opinion does not matter to me.

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